Enterprise Insights Table for custom field on Jira Align work item object

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Summary

This article documents the tables in the Enterprise Insights database that store custom field information present on the Jira Align work items object. We will use the Epic object as an example, but a similar approach could be taken for other work items.

Solution

The Multi-Select List type custom field is on the Epic object similar to the screenshot shown below.

"Custom Multi-Select Dropdown" with selected Value_1, Value_2, Value_3.

The below screenshot shows the custom field definition from the Details Panels Settings.

Custom field setup for the Custom Multi-select dropdown.

The solution below shows which tables in Enterprise Insights database hold this type of custom field information.

Most of the custom field information is stored in the master table itself. In this example, the main table/resource would be Epic.

  • For Custom fields, the Epic table has column names that are named something like ....Custom....

  • For Multi-Select List type custom field, there is column similar to [FK Custom Dropdown List x] that will give an ID

FK Custom Dropdown List x with ID 7.

Sample query used to extract the above table results here:

select [FK Custom Dropdown List 4],* from current_dw.Epic where [Epic ID]=3349

  • Use the above ID to check for the custom field value in another table Custom Field List.

    • The specific column to use to filter the above ID in this table is : [FK Custom Field List ID]

Custom field value column with the field's values.

Sample query used to extract the above table results here:

1 2 select * from current_dw.[Custom Field List] where [FK Custom Field List ID] = 7

Updated on April 14, 2025

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